Scientists say a satellite scheduled for launch from Virginia's Eastern Shore next week is designed to detect hidden enemy weapons and deliver their locations to U.S. combat troops.
If successful, the satellite could be developed for battlefield use in a year or two after its one-year orbit.
The Air Force TacSet-3 satellite is scheduled to begin its orbit Tuesday. A 69-foot-high Minotaur 1 rocket is set to blast off between 8 and 11 p.m. from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Atlantic.
Scientists are hopeful the 880-pound satellite atop the $60 million spacecraft will deliver battlefield images and information with the speed and detail depicted in fictionalized movie accounts.
-- The Associated Press
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